Thematic Bible: Profane Swearing


Thematic Bible




but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is God's throne, nor by the earth, for it is his footstool, neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

And whosoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him that dwells therein. And he that shall swear by the heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him that sits thereon.

And he that pronounces the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; the same with the stranger as with the natural, if he pronounces the Name, he shall be put to death. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyStrangersProfaning God's NameForeigners Included In The LawInstructions About StoningDeath Penalty For Heresy

And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel that they should bring forth the one that had blasphemed out of the camp and stone him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsDeath penaltyStoningOutside The Camp


Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him innocent that takes his name in vain. Verse ConceptsBad Languageethics, personalGod, The LordLaw, Ten CommandmentsOaths, HumanRespect, For God's CharacterSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCursingProfaning God's NameMisusing God's Name

Hear the word of the LORD, ye sons of Israel; for the LORD contends with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the earth. By swearing and lying and murdering and stealing and committing adultery, they prevailed, and blood touches blood. Therefore the earth shall mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall be cut off, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; and even the fishes of the sea shall be caught.

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the oath the land is deserted; the booths of the wilderness are dried up, and their course was evil, and their force was not right. Verse ConceptsBad LanguagedrynessPower, HumanCursingDry PlacesDrawbacks To Man's PowerSwearingAbuseadultry



and the Israelite woman's son pronounced the Name and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfGod, The LordProfaning God's NameCursing God


Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongStatus Of The TempleUnimportant ThingsSwearing

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfIndividuals RunningExemptGreedservanthood

As he clothed himself with the curse like as with his garment, and it entered into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones. Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageCursingLoving EvilPeople BlessingUngodly CursingBlessing OthersSwearingcurses